The international view seems to be that only regions that are discrete ex-colonies should have the right to self-determination.

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Milorad Dodik, the premier of the Republika Srpska, the Serb part of Bosnia, wants the same right to self-determination as that exercised by Montenegro last year, and possibly by Kosovo soon.

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Despite differing opinions on the matter their right to self-determination is protected by the constitution and the government has said they have the right to live this way.

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Mr Ibarretxe wants to hold a referendum on the right of Basques to self-determination.

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However, Mr Cameron said the islanders were entitled to the right of self-determination.

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On the contrary, they insist, it is those who do not accept the legitimacy of a Jewish state who undermine the principle of equality, by denying to the Jews the right of self-determination they extend to others.

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The declaration stated that Sudan should be a secular state or, failing this, that the south should be able to exercise the right of self-determination.

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He also said there was no resolution so far of the basic contradiction between the two sides: the Azeris demand that its territorial integrity be maintained, and the Armenian demand that Armenians in Karabakh had a natural right to self-determination.

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He lived to see a government that turned the page on a troubled past and adopted a new policy towards Native Americans -- a policy centered on self-determination and the right for tribal governments to do whatever you think is best to strengthen your communities.

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